An Alabama city is considering an ordinance that would allow law enforcement to disarm citizens who appear to be acting “unruly” during a natural disaster or statewide crisis.

Guntersville Mayor Leigh Dollar spoke to local news affiliate ABC 31 about the impetus behind what’s been described as the ‘emergency powers resolution.’

“We are not trying to infringe upon anyone constitutional rights whatsoever. It’s just to protect the workers working out there in a disaster,” Dollar said.

In April of 2011, the city was hit by tornadoes causing lawmakers to rethink the way in which power is delegated during a state of emergency.

Those who support the resolution believe that when exigent circumstances arise the acting mayor should be able to respond without having to consult the city council for a vote, included is the provision to permit police to confiscate weapons from “unruly” individuals.

Naturally, the bill faces strong opposition from gun owners.

ABC 31 asked Paul Landry, a gun owner and music teacher at Guntersville Music Academy, what he thought about the ordinance.

“Well, it seems like an infringement on the 2nd Amendment and that’s the biggest problem I have with it,” said Landry.

What’s fascinating though, as another local news affiliate WHNT News 19 pointed out, is that a state law written in 1955 already gives police the power to seize an individual’s weapon provided he/she is endangering the officer or presenting a threat to others.

The Code of Alabama, 31-9-10, Section C 2 states:

A law enforcement officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of the officer’s official duties may disarm an individual if the officer reasonably believes that it is immediately necessary for the protection of the officer or another individual. The officer shall return the firearm to the individual before discharging that individual unless the officer arrests that individual for engaging in criminal activity or seizes the firearm as evidence pursuant to an investigation for the commission of a crime or, at the discretion of the officer, the individual poses a threat to himself or herself or to others.

According to WHNT News 19, it is “almost the exact same wording of the Guntersville ordinance,” which of course raises the question, why is Mayor Dollar and the city council pushing for what appears to be a redundant law?

Unfortunately, at this point, there is no clear answer. It could be that they’re ignorant of the state law or that the really believe that another law is necessary to protect the city from the nonexistent hordes of unruly gun owners that parade the streets in the wake of a tornado.

Whatever the case may be, anytime city, county, state, federal officials angle to pass confiscatory gun laws during or in the aftermath of a crisis (the precise time when one’s right to keep and bear arms is critically important) one should seriously question the motives of those in power.

This Guntersville ‘emergency powers resolution’ could just be a misguided public safety effort or veiled attempt at subverting one’s Second Amendment rights by broadening the conditions under which seizure of one’s firearm(s) is permissible – again, it’s hard to tell. But one thing’s for sure, there’s something suspicious about this grab for power.

The council will begin reviewing the ordinance on March 4.

Also, lest we forget, the lessons learned in the wake of Hurricane Katrina where law-abiding citizens where unlawfully stripped of their Second Amendment rights by local police and federal agents.

InfoWars.com, which also covered this story, posted the following video that speaks directly to this abuse of governmental authority:

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She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

I'm a liberal gun owner and this stinks fit to make my eyes bleed. There's alwready laws in place letting the cops take people's guns away if they're acting outside the law. We don't need more, especially in emergency circumstances where folk might find themselves going back to the jungle due to lack of food and clean water. What's to stop the cops from just knocking on the door, taking your guns when you're minding your business and then later saying "They were acting in an unruly fashion.". Not cool and if I lived there I'd have some pretty sharp words for the mayor.

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited.. and you are full of shit on the gun chewing, and quota.

this or nuts is a straight up violation of the US Constitution people would be disarmed and not allowed to protect their property from vandals and thieves the law enforcement would have too much going on to deal with someone carrying a firearm protecting their property

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

I know from experience that the media will edit a story to say what they want.. When my son came home from Iraq, to find my grand baby missing from the crib, the mother claiming kidnapping, and the Sheriff Deputies, and FBI found my grand child in the Attic went to be with him in N. Carolina, when the Sheriff cleared us to enter the home to get personal items, the news media started hounding my son, I stopped them, and told them if they wanted a statement, I would give it to them.. They then edited my statement to say exactly what they wanted.. that is CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, FOX, any of them are going to edit to what they want your words to say...

I'm tired of this pussification of america....if someone trys to take your gun for no other reason than to take your gun, its your duty to shoot the bastard, I don't care who it is. this is theft period. theft of a deadly weapon at that. what happens after a weapon is stolen? it gets used for missdeeds, I will not alow my weapon to be used against me or anyone else, without damn good reason.

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

that mayor can suck my hard throbing cock with her sweet little country voice bitch you ain't fooling anybody... not takin my rights my ass you whore only reason you think like this is prolly cause you got fuckin kids and don't want them to get wet up in class by an ak47 and if a big ass fuckin tornado hit guntersville it prolly wouldn't exsist anymore so what the fuck would you be taking away broke shit from peoples houses... come on lady get real and let men do there job.

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

The mayor said tonight, this is actually opposite of the truth, she never proposed any such ordinance, and the city counsel also confirmed she did not, they said, if she had, it would never have been passed.. sounds like more lies released by ODumbo to make it look like the Mayor and counselors supported him.. we know he is doing crap like this..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo..

when else would you need your gun more - society has run amock - no police around - Its fend for yourself time. Geez - This is a BS ploy to say if they declare a SOE they can seeze your guns. Not if there really is a SOE. Sorry -Liberals trying another way to screw us over.

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

why not take the kids too. we're probably not raising them to the governments standards anyway. stupid idea. how bout if someone is unruly you take them to jail for disturbing the peace and leave the law abiding gun owners alone. simple.

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..

She said they support the peoples right to bear arms, and the 2nd amendment.. Their first knowledge of this was when channel 31 aired the story.. another ABC affiliate.. ... this was more Odumbo lies people.. Ch. 31 was probably in league with ODumbo.. Her words tonight, were that the words she said were taken out of context, and edited..